The University of Connecticut is poised to move to the forefront in animal audiology with the purchase of cutting-edge equipment. The bioacoustics laboratory in the Department of Animal Science at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources has received a pivotal grant of $25,000 from the philanthropic foundation of David Bohnett, founder of Internet giant GeoCities, to fund the upgrade.
The gift will be used to buy an Intelligent Hearing Systems (IHS) screener, a premier device and the only of its kind with a frequency range suitable for testing both humans and animals. The screener
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